In Croatia, Đuretec families are Croats (from Vrbovec ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Vrbovec and Zagreb.
Prevalence
About 20 people with faimily name Đuretec live in Croatia today, in five households only. There were 20 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant. They are located in three Croatian cities only: in Zagreb (<10), Lonjica (<10), and in Oroslavje (<5).
Outside Croatia
Family name Đuretec (including: Gjuretec , Djuretec ) is present in this form only in Croatia.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1917 in source List of Dignitaries, Officials and Public Servants of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia.